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primate

noun
/ˈpɹaɪmeɪt/

Etymology

First attested in c. 1275. From Middle English primat(e), from Old French primat (French primat), from Late Latin prīmās, prīmātis (“chief bishop”), substantivisation of prīmās (same as Etymology 1), from prīmus (“prime, first in rank (also as a substantive)”). Compare English primus, of similar derivation and meaning.

  1. derived from prīmās — “chief bishop”
  2. derived from primat
  3. inherited from primat

Definitions

  1. A mammal of the order Primates, comprising of apes (including humans), monkeys, lemurs,…

    A mammal of the order Primates, comprising of apes (including humans), monkeys, lemurs, tarsiers, lorisids, and galagos.

    • Primates range from lemurs to gorillas.

  2. An anthropoid

    An anthropoid; ape including human.

  3. In the Catholic Church, a rare title conferred to or claimed by the sees of certain…

    In the Catholic Church, a rare title conferred to or claimed by the sees of certain archbishops, or the highest-ranking bishop of a present or historical, usually political circumscription.

    • The Archbishop of Quebec is the primate of Canada.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. In the Orthodox Church, the presiding bishop of an ecclesiastical jurisdiction or region.…

      In the Orthodox Church, the presiding bishop of an ecclesiastical jurisdiction or region. Usually, the expression primate refers to the first hierarch of an autocephalous or autonomous Orthodox church. Less often, it is used to refer to the ruling bishop of an archdiocese or diocese.

    2. In the Anglican Church, an archbishop, or the highest-ranking bishop of an ecclesiastic…

      In the Anglican Church, an archbishop, or the highest-ranking bishop of an ecclesiastic province.

The neighborhood

Derived

euprimate, nonprimate, pan-primate, primatal, primatelike, primatology, primatophilic, subprimate, superprimate, super-primate, supraprimate, abbot primate, archprimate, primate city, Primate of All England, Primate of England, Primate of the Gauls, primateship, primatical, prince-primate

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at primate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01primate02lemurs03lemur04strepsirrhine05haplorhines06haplorhine07primates

A definitional loop anchored at primate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at primate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA